PropertyAnimation QML Type | Qt Quick (original) (raw)

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Properties

duration : int
easing
- easing.amplitude : real
- easing.bezierCurve : list
- easing.overshoot : real
- easing.period : real
- easing.type : enumeration
exclude : list
from : variant
properties : string
property : string
target : QtObject
targets : list
to : variant

Detailed Description

PropertyAnimation provides a way to animate changes to a property's value.

It can be used to define animations in a number of ways:

In a Transition
For example, to animate any objects that have changed their x or y properties as a result of a state change, using an InOutQuad easing curve:
Rectangle {
id: rect
width: 100; height: 100
color: "red"
states: State {
name: "moved"
PropertyChanges { target: rect; x: 50 }
}
transitions: Transition {
PropertyAnimation { properties: "x,y"; easing.type: Easing.InOutQuad }
}
}
In a Behavior
For example, to animate all changes to a rectangle's x property:
As a property value source
For example, to repeatedly animate the rectangle's x property:
In a signal handler
For example, to fade out theObject when clicked:
MouseArea {
anchors.fill: theObject
onClicked: PropertyAnimation { target: theObject; property: "opacity"; to: 0 }
}
Standalone
For example, to animate rect's width property over 500ms, from its current width to 30:
Rectangle {
id: theRect
width: 100; height: 100
color: "red"
// this is a standalone animation, it's not running by default
PropertyAnimation { id: animation;
target: theRect;
property: "width";
to: 30;
duration: 500 }
MouseArea { anchors.fill: parent; onClicked: animation.running = true }
}

Depending on how the animation is used, the set of properties normally used will be different. For more information see the individual property documentation, as well as the Animation and Transitions in Qt Quick introduction.

Note that PropertyAnimation inherits the abstract Animation type. This includes additional properties and methods for controlling the animation.

Modifying running animations

Since Qt 6.4, it is possible to set the from, to, duration, and easing properties on a top-level animation while it is running. The animation will take the changes into account on the next loop.

Property Documentation

These properties are used as a set to determine which properties should be animated. The singular and plural forms are functionally identical, e.g.

has the same meaning as

The singular forms are slightly optimized, so if you do have only a single target/property to animate you should try to use them.

The targets property allows multiple targets to be set. For example, this animates the x property of both itemA and itemB:

In many cases these properties do not need to be explicitly specified, as they can be inferred from the animation framework:

Value Source / Behavior	When an animation is used as a value source or in a Behavior, the default target and property name to be animated can both be inferred.Rectangle { id: theRect width: 100; height: 100 color: Qt.rgba(0,0,1) NumberAnimation on x { to: 500; loops: Animation.Infinite } //animate theRect's x property Behavior on y { NumberAnimation {} } //animate theRect's y property }
Transition	When used in a transition, a property animation is assumed to match all targets but no properties. In practice, that means you need to specify at least the properties in order for the animation to do anything.Rectangle { id: theRect width: 100; height: 100 color: Qt.rgba(0,0,1) Item { id: uselessItem } states: State { name: "state1" PropertyChanges { theRect { x: 200 y: 200 z: 4 } uselessItem { x: 10 y: 10 z: 2 } } } transitions: Transition { //animate both theRect's and uselessItem's x and y to their final values NumberAnimation { properties: "x,y" } //animate theRect's z to its final value NumberAnimation { target: theRect; property: "z" } } }
Standalone	When an animation is used standalone, both the target and property need to be explicitly specified.Rectangle { id: theRect width: 100; height: 100 color: Qt.rgba(0,0,1) //need to explicitly specify target and property NumberAnimation { id: theAnim; target: theRect; property: "x"; to: 500 } MouseArea { anchors.fill: parent onClicked: theAnim.start() } }

Value Source / Behavior

When an animation is used as a value source or in a Behavior, the default target and property name to be animated can both be inferred.Rectangle { id: theRect width: 100; height: 100 color: Qt.rgba(0,0,1) NumberAnimation on x { to: 500; loops: Animation.Infinite } //animate theRect's x property Behavior on y { NumberAnimation {} } //animate theRect's y property }

Transition

When used in a transition, a property animation is assumed to match all targets but no properties. In practice, that means you need to specify at least the properties in order for the animation to do anything.Rectangle { id: theRect width: 100; height: 100 color: Qt.rgba(0,0,1) Item { id: uselessItem } states: State { name: "state1" PropertyChanges { theRect { x: 200 y: 200 z: 4 } uselessItem { x: 10 y: 10 z: 2 } } } transitions: Transition { //animate both theRect's and uselessItem's x and y to their final values NumberAnimation { properties: "x,y" } //animate theRect's z to its final value NumberAnimation { target: theRect; property: "z" } } }

Standalone

When an animation is used standalone, both the target and property need to be explicitly specified.Rectangle { id: theRect width: 100; height: 100 color: Qt.rgba(0,0,1) //need to explicitly specify target and property NumberAnimation { id: theAnim; target: theRect; property: "x"; to: 500 } MouseArea { anchors.fill: parent onClicked: theAnim.start() } }

As seen in the above example, properties is specified as a comma-separated string of property names to animate.

See also exclude and Animation and Transitions in Qt Quick.

This property holds the duration of the animation, in milliseconds.

The default value is 250.

easing group
easing.amplitude : real
easing.bezierCurve : list<real>
easing.overshoot : real
easing.period : real
easing.type : enumeration

Specifies the easing curve used for the animation

To specify an easing curve you need to specify at least the type. For some curves you can also specify amplitude, period and/or overshoot (more details provided after the table). The default easing curve is Easing.Linear.

PropertyAnimation { properties: "y"; easing.type: Easing.InOutElastic; easing.amplitude: 2.0; easing.period: 1.5 }

Available types are:

Easing.Linear	Easing curve for a linear (t) function: velocity is constant.
Easing.InQuad	Easing curve for a quadratic (t^2) function: accelerating from zero velocity.
Easing.OutQuad	Easing curve for a quadratic (t^2) function: decelerating to zero velocity.
Easing.InOutQuad	Easing curve for a quadratic (t^2) function: acceleration until halfway, then deceleration.
Easing.OutInQuad	Easing curve for a quadratic (t^2) function: deceleration until halfway, then acceleration.
Easing.InCubic	Easing curve for a cubic (t^3) function: accelerating from zero velocity.
Easing.OutCubic	Easing curve for a cubic (t^3) function: decelerating to zero velocity.
Easing.InOutCubic	Easing curve for a cubic (t^3) function: acceleration until halfway, then deceleration.
Easing.OutInCubic	Easing curve for a cubic (t^3) function: deceleration until halfway, then acceleration.
Easing.InQuart	Easing curve for a quartic (t^4) function: accelerating from zero velocity.
Easing.OutQuart	Easing curve for a quartic (t^4) function: decelerating to zero velocity.
Easing.InOutQuart	Easing curve for a quartic (t^4) function: acceleration until halfway, then deceleration.
Easing.OutInQuart	Easing curve for a quartic (t^4) function: deceleration until halfway, then acceleration.
Easing.InQuint	Easing curve for a quintic (t^5) function: accelerating from zero velocity.
Easing.OutQuint	Easing curve for a quintic (t^5) function: decelerating to zero velocity.
Easing.InOutQuint	Easing curve for a quintic (t^5) function: acceleration until halfway, then deceleration.
Easing.OutInQuint	Easing curve for a quintic (t^5) function: deceleration until halfway, then acceleration.
Easing.InSine	Easing curve for a sinusoidal (sin(t)) function: accelerating from zero velocity.
Easing.OutSine	Easing curve for a sinusoidal (sin(t)) function: decelerating to zero velocity.
Easing.InOutSine	Easing curve for a sinusoidal (sin(t)) function: acceleration until halfway, then deceleration.
Easing.OutInSine	Easing curve for a sinusoidal (sin(t)) function: deceleration until halfway, then acceleration.
Easing.InExpo	Easing curve for an exponential (2^t) function: accelerating from zero velocity.
Easing.OutExpo	Easing curve for an exponential (2^t) function: decelerating to zero velocity.
Easing.InOutExpo	Easing curve for an exponential (2^t) function: acceleration until halfway, then deceleration.
Easing.OutInExpo	Easing curve for an exponential (2^t) function: deceleration until halfway, then acceleration.
Easing.InCirc	Easing curve for a circular (sqrt(1-t^2)) function: accelerating from zero velocity.
Easing.OutCirc	Easing curve for a circular (sqrt(1-t^2)) function: decelerating to zero velocity.
Easing.InOutCirc	Easing curve for a circular (sqrt(1-t^2)) function: acceleration until halfway, then deceleration.
Easing.OutInCirc	Easing curve for a circular (sqrt(1-t^2)) function: deceleration until halfway, then acceleration.
Easing.InElastic	Easing curve for an elastic (exponentially decaying sine wave) function: accelerating from zero velocity. The peak amplitude can be set with the amplitude parameter, and the period of decay by the period parameter.
Easing.OutElastic	Easing curve for an elastic (exponentially decaying sine wave) function: decelerating to zero velocity. The peak amplitude can be set with the amplitude parameter, and the period of decay by the period parameter.
Easing.InOutElastic	Easing curve for an elastic (exponentially decaying sine wave) function: acceleration until halfway, then deceleration.
Easing.OutInElastic	Easing curve for an elastic (exponentially decaying sine wave) function: deceleration until halfway, then acceleration.
Easing.InBack	Easing curve for a back (overshooting cubic function: (s+1)t^3 - st^2) easing in: accelerating from zero velocity.
Easing.OutBack	Easing curve for a back (overshooting cubic function: (s+1)t^3 - st^2) easing out: decelerating to zero velocity.
Easing.InOutBack	Easing curve for a back (overshooting cubic function: (s+1)t^3 - st^2) easing in/out: acceleration until halfway, then deceleration.
Easing.OutInBack	Easing curve for a back (overshooting cubic easing: (s+1)t^3 - st^2) easing out/in: deceleration until halfway, then acceleration.
Easing.InBounce	Easing curve for a bounce (exponentially decaying parabolic bounce) function: accelerating from zero velocity.
Easing.OutBounce	Easing curve for a bounce (exponentially decaying parabolic bounce) function: decelerating to zero velocity.
Easing.InOutBounce	Easing curve for a bounce (exponentially decaying parabolic bounce) function easing in/out: acceleration until halfway, then deceleration.
Easing.OutInBounce	Easing curve for a bounce (exponentially decaying parabolic bounce) function easing out/in: deceleration until halfway, then acceleration.
Easing.BezierSpline	Custom easing curve defined by the easing.bezierCurve property.

easing.amplitude is only applicable for bounce and elastic curves (curves of type Easing.InBounce, Easing.OutBounce, Easing.InOutBounce, Easing.OutInBounce, Easing.InElastic, Easing.OutElastic, Easing.InOutElastic or Easing.OutInElastic).

easing.overshoot is only applicable if easing.type is: Easing.InBack, Easing.OutBack, Easing.InOutBack or Easing.OutInBack.

easing.period is only applicable if easing.type is: Easing.InElastic, Easing.OutElastic, Easing.InOutElastic or Easing.OutInElastic.

easing.bezierCurve is only applicable if easing.type is: Easing.BezierSpline. This property is a list containing groups of three points defining a curve from 0,0 to 1,1 - control1, control2, end point: [cx1, cy1, cx2, cy2, endx, endy, ...]. The last point must be 1,1.

See the Easing Curves for a demonstration of the different easing settings.

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